“He’s brought this issue up with council about six times, but there’s only been token gestures to cut the limbs,” he said.

Cr Peter Sycopoulis also said the issue needed to be seriously addressed.

Mr Thomas told The Standard yesterday that the most recent flooding was last Friday morning.

“My tenant had his carpet, computer, phone and fax machine flooded,” he said.

“There were two flooding incidents prior to that.

“It’s not what you want a week before Christmas.”

He said piles of leaves blew onto the roof and blocked spouts and downpipes causing overflow into the ceiling.

“It’s an absurd situation where the trees have grown so big their leaves are a constant problem and they overshadow our facade,” he said. “We spent about $10,000 on new signage, but you can’t see it because the trees are so big.

“I’m asking for the tree to be removed.”

Another nearby property owner said yesterday that she was constantly removing large leaves from her yard and guttering, but could not convince the council to trim the trees.